[Yakaru]

Originally Posted by SLOWn60

It has been my experience that by far the best money I have spent that produced the best results was directed at coaching and track time.
I weigh far more than other riders and racers so really I should be far behind but with great coaching and practice; I have been able to hold my own and if it's in the rain; I'm in front!

There is a long list of stuff to throw your money at as noted above but if you really are interested in results: spend your money on continuous coaching, track time and physical fitness.

We have a racer you may know of: Steve Crevier. He can hop on any piece of junk and spank everyone!

It's not the machine. Certainly not at the level of most of us mortals! However; make sure your bike is red because it's the fastest!

Absolutely agreed. There's a reason I'm signed up for multiple sessions with CSS this year at multiple tracks and got a season pass to a track organization. Still, even with training I'm fairly unskilled as a rider but I'm handy with modifying and making my machine pretty unique. I get lots of comments on Saturn which makes me happy, but as a rider I'm still stuck in the "Track Newbie" level -- I'll move up someday, when my skills are there.